Manufacture of multimicrotubule chitosan nerve conduits with novel molds and characterization in vitro

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-18

  Ao, Qiang ^a   Wang, Aijun ^a   Cao, Wenling ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Kong, Lijun ^a   He, Qing ^a   Gong, Yandao ^a   Zhang, Xiufang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Mold; Nerve conduits; Phase separation; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; FUNGI; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SOLVENTS; STEEL;

CHITOSAN NERVE CONDUITS; MULTIMICROTUBULE; STYROFOAM; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CHITOSAN; POLYSTYRENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; HEAT TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NERVE; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUBE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL LINE; CHITOSAN; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33645935077     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30593     Document Type: Article

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